Mariupol has been besieged by Russian forces since March 1. After weeks of failed attempts to establish safe civilian evacuation corridors, about 20,000 people managed to leave the city on Tuesday,…
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“The plane dropped a bomb on a building where hundreds of peaceful Mariupol residents were hiding,” it said. Videos of the aftermath showed a fire raging in the theater’s ruins. The number of casualties is unknown, authorities said. Military strikes also hit a building that houses the Neptune Pool, just over four kilometers from the theater, according to videos shared by a local official. Its authenticity has been confirmed by CNN.
Mariupol has been besieged by Russian forces since March 1. After weeks of failed attempts to establish safe civilian evacuation corridors, about 20,000 people managed to leave the city on Tuesday, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk said. “It is impossible to find words that could describe the level of cruelty and cynicism with which the Russian occupiers are destroying the civilian population of the Ukrainian city by the sea. Women, children, and the elderly remain in the enemy’s sights. These are completely unarmed peaceful people,” the city council said.The unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in Mariupol has enraged local officials.
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